Nevada State Athletic Commission chairman Anthony Marnell said: “He has a settlement agreement he’s agreed to, so he needs to drop his legal action that he was talking about taking, he needs to pay his fine and pay the attorney and then he would be eligible for a boxing license.

"That could happen today or whenever that happens. As long as he’s done what he’s agreed to, he’s probably going to get a boxing license."

Now the UFC superstar can apply for his boxing licence in the state of Nevada, edging him towards a reported billion-dollar cross-sports fight with Mayweather.

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"There’s not many fighters who have made a huge career and not come through this town. And I think he wants to fight in Las Vegas.

"They would need to go through all of the same process that any other event does to have the card approved and the bouts approved.

"I can’t tell you that we would approve that fight or not, I would lean to the fact that we most likely would. But we would probably want to go watch McGregor in a little bit of a boxing environment. But, it’s kind of hard to argue.

"You have one of the best boxers, probably of all-time against one of the best strikers in the UFC. If that does happen, we’re just speculating now, I think it’d be hard not to approve that fight."

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